"We must have a foreign policy that is both strong and smart. Yes, the Republicans have been strong, but they haven't been smart. And the policy is one big mess, everyone knows it."
- Senator Chuck Schumer
View Article  Music for Change
by JENNY TOOMEY & ROB ROSENTHAL | The Nation | [Reprinted by permission | January 31st, 2005]

(Rob Rosenthal will be with us for the 5:00 PM (EST) hour on Friday January 21st, 2005)

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim/The walls of my room are closing in/There's a war outside still raging/You say it ain't ours anymore to win/...Well we made a promise/we swore we'd always remember/No retreat, baby, no surrender    --Bruce Springsteen

This past fall saw the most musical presidential campaign in over fifty years, since the days when Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and other members of the People's Songsters played for the third-party candidacy of Henry Wallace. The Vote for Change tour ...   more »

View Article  Jazz Funeral - Live from New Orleans
Listen now to our LIVE broadcast
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of the Jazz Funeral
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from New Orleans.
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Conversations
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will follow the funeral.
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We will broadcast the
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Counter-Inaugural Ball
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(RedefeatBush.org)
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starting at 9:00PM EST
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View Article  America Beyond Capitalism

Dr. Gar Alperovitz, author of "America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy" will be our guest for the hour at 5:00 PM EST Wednesday, January 19th, 2005. 

Dr. Alperovitz was previously Harrison Research Professor in the Department of Government and Politics and became the first Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy in July 1999. He is one of the principals now organizing the new Civil Society and Democratic Renewal Initiative in the College. He also oversees the Project on General Disarmament and is one of the founders of the Committee for the Political Economy ...   more »

View Article  DNC Listening Hearing was a Great Success!

LISTEN to the Repeat

thru Tuesday at 4:00PM EST

DNC Listening Hearing

 

Want to tell the Democratic National Committee where you want the party to go in the future?  Here’s your chance!

California Democrats are holding a hearing for DNC members next Saturday, January 15, from Noon until 4 pm Pacific time, which is 3 pm to 7 pm Eastern time.

 

See below for complete information on where the hearing will be located, but if you can’t make it to the meeting you can listen to it live on RadioLeft.com!...

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View Article  Lobby the Democratic National Committee for Howard Dean
Now that Howard Dean has announced his candidacy for Chairman of the Democratic National Committe, pleae support his campaign by contacting the DNC members from your state and commending Governor Dean for the position.

The election for chairman will be February 12th, 2005, during the DNC annual meeting (February 10th - 12th).

Following is the list of people who will actually elect the next DNC Chair. The best way to contact them is through the U. S. Mail. Putting a piece of paper in their hands is more powerful than a telephone call which has the possibility of annoying the ...   more »
View Article  TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!!!!!

We're having technical difficulties today, and won't be able to do a live show.

Tune back tomorrow!